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UPI reports new research shows it's a very good idea to insist that healthcare workers get an annual flu shot. That's according to researchers from the University of Georgia, Montana State University and Monash University in Australia. They found that states with mandatory flu shots for hospital workers saw statewide reductions in deaths from influenza and pneumonia. They estimate that during the 2016-17 season alone, nearly 2,000 deaths were averted in the 15 U.S. states that had mandatory vaccination laws at that time. The findings suggest that health-worker vaccination laws may be a good way to protect the country's most vulnerable populations. The researchers say it's possible that similar benefits could also be seen with mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of hospital workers.
Flu activity remains "unusually low" in many parts of the United States this year. Experts say masking and social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 may be the reason. Just 40 of more than 22,000 specimens evaluated at U.S. hospital labs tested positive for the flu. 16 of more than 16,000 evaluated at public health labs in the country during that week tested positive. Less than 2% of all doctor visits across the country over the same period were related to the seasonal bug. Wearing a mask and washing hands has proven incredibly effective, says UPI.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants Americans to know: COVID-19 is nothing like the seasonal flu. According to Gizmodo, a new CDC report reveals people hospitalized with COVID-19 are over five times more likely to die than those hospitalized for influenza. Also, the risk of serious complications like pneumonia and shock is significantly higher from the novel coronavirus than from the flu. Gizmodo reports that compared to flu patients, COVID-19 sufferers are at increased risk for 17 respiratory and nonrespiratory complications. They are also 19 times more likely to develop acute respiratory distress syndrome, a life-threatening condition that fills the lungs with fluid. Heart inflammation, pneumonia, liver failure, shock, blood infections, and brain bleeds are among the other complications more likely in COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 patients also stay in the hospital longer than flu patients, taking approximately 8.6 days versus three days.
As part of a traditional method to prevent influenza, Siberian schoolchildren often pour buckets of water over their heads outside in the winter, when temperatures hover right around 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Of course, the children sit in a piping ho Russian sauna first. This traditional remedy was practiced for hundreds of years and Siberians swear it works. At the beginning of the academic year, parents have to confirm whether they permit their children to join such cool outdoor activities.
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